Tent-pin.



No. 798,654. PATENTBD SEPT. 5, 1905. P. S. BLILBR.

TENT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1905.

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IIIILII S. ILILICR, OF MYICRSBURG, MONTANA, ASSIUNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES N. ICNNIS, OF MYIGRSBUBG, MONTANA.

TENT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed April 3, 1905. Serial No. 253,651.

' into alinement with rod (i, and the linkes are 45 Ihe objectof this invention is to provide a pin for tents and for tethering stock, which may he easily anchored securely in the ground.

'Ihe invention is exemplified in the structurc Imreina'fter described, and it is defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is an elevation of a pin embodying my improvements. Fig. Q is a Iongitudinal section of the pin, showing the anehor-flukes extended into the earth; and Fig. ,L

3 is a detail of the cap used on the upper end of the piu while drivingthe pin into the ground.

'I`he body of the pin is in the form of a tube l, and the point i), which is solid, is secured in the lower end of the tube. Ihe cap 3 has spread into the earth by Vforce applied to the upper end of the rod. After the l'lukes are spread sidewise, as shown in Fig. 2, the rod o maybe returned to slot l1, through y which it will extend obliquely, and the cap 50 may be replaced.

'Ihe slot 11 receives the rod o, while said rod is swung out of the way of the cap. The removable cap permits the rod 5 to be swung into position to spread the I'Iukes, and the 55 joint T makes the different positions of the rod 5 possible. The bottom of slot Il forms a fulcrum upon which rod 5 may swing as a levelI in reti-acting the fIukes preparatory to witlulrawing the pin. 6o

When the llukes are spread into the earth, the pin is securelyanchored. The spreading of the llukes is effected by force applied in a 1 direction tending to force the pin farther into the annular contraction 3, which lits in the upper end of the tube. the protrusion of the anchor-liu kes are formed in the tube at the conjunctlon of the point therewith, and a slot 1l is formed in the upy per end of the tube for a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

',Ihe Ilukes S are pivoted at their inner ends to the lower end of a rod 6, and their lower protrudable ends rest normally on inclines;`

formed by the upper end of point 2. 'Ihe rod t3 extends through a bearing Il), and at its upper end it is pivotally connected with a rod 5, as shown at T. A strap 1Q, secured to the outer surface of the tube, provides a hitch for a tent-rope or Vfor a tethering-line.

With the parts in the positions shown in Fig. l the pin is ready for insertion into the ground. After the pin has been driven to the required depth by force applied to the cap the cap is removed, the rod o 1s swung Side openings I for the earth, and the liointing of the fluke-rods 5 65 and (5 enables the operations attending the use of the pin to be readily performed.

I'Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A tent-pin comprising a tubular body haV- 70 ing a slot in its upper end and a pair of oppositeIy-placed openings in its lower end, a point for the lower end of the pin, a pair of anchor-flukes pivotally conjoined in the tube with their ends in the side openings thereof, 75 a non-swingable rod connected pivotally with the l'lukes and held slidably in the center of the tube, a swingable rod pivoted to the upper end of the non-swingahle rod and adapted to swing into the slot in the upper end of the 8O tube, and a removable cap for the upper end of the tube, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP S. BLILER. IVitnesses:

IC. S. I\IoI)oN.\Ln, LoUIs B. OAssnLI.. 

